regarding applying loads in 2d mesh

Rahul_P1
Rahul_P1
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

do we apply loads in 2d mesh the same way as in 1d mesh or there is some different method for that

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  • Rahul_P1
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2015

    Hi sagarsrm,

    The loads are applied to 2d mesh the same way as in 1d mesh, however there are some important things to remember,

    You must make sure the load is of appropriate magnitude,

    Make sure the load is distributed, point loads i.e. load on just one node almost never happens in reality

    Go through tutorial
    Altair OptiStruct > OptiStruct Tutorials and Examples > Tutorials > Basic Small Displacement Finite Element Analysis:
    OS-1000: Linear Static Analysis of a Plate with a Hole

    to understand how to divide loads and apply to nodes correctly,

    Read chapter 10.1 Boundary Conditions, in the Student guide to understand more about applying loads in FEA

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